Mar 23, 2022·edited Mar 23, 2022Liked by Frederick Woodruff
I actually received a “it’s their birthday today” notification from FB about a coworker who had passed away years prior. My heart sank and at the same time I got a little sick to my stomach.. how must the family members feel receiving such notifications of their long gone loved ones.. it’s truly sickening.
Although your article made laugh, I have to admit, at “When I die I want the actual gigabytes of porn I streamed detailed.” Hilarious! Love your sense of humor 😌
I love this. Thank you for posting. BTW, have you looked at WT Social? I was searching for non-toxic, non-algorithmic (or should that read "non-ALGOL-ithmic") social site to share posts with friends, etc. It's built by Wikipedia guy Jimmy Wales.
omg. you are simply the best writer, Frederick. I wish I was not so averse to FB these days - there are things I'd like to say, sometimes I post stuff in the mundane astrologers group, but the whole thing just has gotten so tragic and -- what is dystopian tragedy? Your singling out Zuck as an archetype years ago was presentient, despite his being horrifying even then. Before the war (by war I mean -- anything from Trump through the present moment)... When I read that (is this true, even?) people were actually buying high-priced real estate and luxury items on Meta Island, I just broke. Side note: I don't get NFTs. At all.
Facebook is an example of a society that has gone off the rails. You gave me much to laugh at today. Feels so much better with all those endorphins floating in my body.
The fact that no one feels obligated to share what someone died from bothers me. I then have to assume it’s something like suicide or overdose which makes me sadder. If the zombie apocalypse started we’d all have no idea because everyone’s obit is just joy and glory.
I have been "clean" of FB for (I think) two years, or maybe one, I'm not even sure. I didn't cancel my account, but I made a decision not to use it and it has been the most positively reinforcing health decision I think I've ever made. My own cells are knitting themselves back into a coherent whole. I read long-form journalism. I complete thoughts. I miss nothing, and — despite my biggest worries — feel as up-to-date about what's going on in the world as I did when I was on there.
I toyed with the idea of running my political campaign entirely off of social media, just to see if it could be done and make a point about how destructive it is. But I succumbed to the pressure of my advisors and manager, who thought it couldn't or shouldn't be done. I regret that.
We really need a critical mass of ppl to really turn their backs on it. Quietly, without fanfare, no revolution, no screaming. Just literally turn around. Maybe a middle finger, that's it. What a redemption that would be.
Thank you for another reminder of that bullet dodged! Whew!!
One of my daughter's friends made a MySpace for me many, many years ago, and I never used it. Then watching both my girls dealing with the FB drama llama ding dong in the aughts was enough to scare me away.
Reading that article you linked, it seems that Zucky's ML wasn't taught correctly either. Or maybe he's just a boy playing with all his toys... 🤦🏼♀️
For background on Meta, perhaps interviews of AI specialist Cyrus Parsa by Kerry Cassidy relevant, although ironic that a Persian- American never considers what Rudolf Steiner asserted about the cosmic entity of cold mechanical digital intelligence named "Ahriman" (Zoroasterism) incarnation in 21st century America. On the other hand P2 whistleblower Leo Lyon ("Glamis Calling" of Somerset Belanoff & Jessie Czebotar) Zagami includes Ahriman symbol on his new book cover.
I actually received a “it’s their birthday today” notification from FB about a coworker who had passed away years prior. My heart sank and at the same time I got a little sick to my stomach.. how must the family members feel receiving such notifications of their long gone loved ones.. it’s truly sickening.
Although your article made laugh, I have to admit, at “When I die I want the actual gigabytes of porn I streamed detailed.” Hilarious! Love your sense of humor 😌
Ooof, it's rough out there. I have taken up your practice of going through my "memories" and deleting the old posts.
I love this. Thank you for posting. BTW, have you looked at WT Social? I was searching for non-toxic, non-algorithmic (or should that read "non-ALGOL-ithmic") social site to share posts with friends, etc. It's built by Wikipedia guy Jimmy Wales.
omg. you are simply the best writer, Frederick. I wish I was not so averse to FB these days - there are things I'd like to say, sometimes I post stuff in the mundane astrologers group, but the whole thing just has gotten so tragic and -- what is dystopian tragedy? Your singling out Zuck as an archetype years ago was presentient, despite his being horrifying even then. Before the war (by war I mean -- anything from Trump through the present moment)... When I read that (is this true, even?) people were actually buying high-priced real estate and luxury items on Meta Island, I just broke. Side note: I don't get NFTs. At all.
Brilliant!
Facebook is an example of a society that has gone off the rails. You gave me much to laugh at today. Feels so much better with all those endorphins floating in my body.
The fact that no one feels obligated to share what someone died from bothers me. I then have to assume it’s something like suicide or overdose which makes me sadder. If the zombie apocalypse started we’d all have no idea because everyone’s obit is just joy and glory.
I have been "clean" of FB for (I think) two years, or maybe one, I'm not even sure. I didn't cancel my account, but I made a decision not to use it and it has been the most positively reinforcing health decision I think I've ever made. My own cells are knitting themselves back into a coherent whole. I read long-form journalism. I complete thoughts. I miss nothing, and — despite my biggest worries — feel as up-to-date about what's going on in the world as I did when I was on there.
I toyed with the idea of running my political campaign entirely off of social media, just to see if it could be done and make a point about how destructive it is. But I succumbed to the pressure of my advisors and manager, who thought it couldn't or shouldn't be done. I regret that.
We really need a critical mass of ppl to really turn their backs on it. Quietly, without fanfare, no revolution, no screaming. Just literally turn around. Maybe a middle finger, that's it. What a redemption that would be.
I just downloaded my photos (because photos!) and am scheduled to have the damn thing deleted in 30 days. Or so they say.
Thank you for another reminder of that bullet dodged! Whew!!
One of my daughter's friends made a MySpace for me many, many years ago, and I never used it. Then watching both my girls dealing with the FB drama llama ding dong in the aughts was enough to scare me away.
Reading that article you linked, it seems that Zucky's ML wasn't taught correctly either. Or maybe he's just a boy playing with all his toys... 🤦🏼♀️
Terrifying 😱
For background on Meta, perhaps interviews of AI specialist Cyrus Parsa by Kerry Cassidy relevant, although ironic that a Persian- American never considers what Rudolf Steiner asserted about the cosmic entity of cold mechanical digital intelligence named "Ahriman" (Zoroasterism) incarnation in 21st century America. On the other hand P2 whistleblower Leo Lyon ("Glamis Calling" of Somerset Belanoff & Jessie Czebotar) Zagami includes Ahriman symbol on his new book cover.